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<A NAME="development">
<B>development, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the process of developing; growth. <BR> <I>Ex. The doctor followed the child's development closely.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an outcome; result; new event. <BR> <I>Ex. The newspaper gives news about the latest developments in the elections.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a working out in greater and greater detail. <BR> <I>Ex. The development of the plans for rocket flight to the moon took many years. The rubella vaccine [was] in an earlier stage of development than the mumps vaccine (Harold J. Schmeck, Jr.). The leaders of the political opposition had tried to prevent the development of an independent nuclear weapons programme by China (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a group of similar houses or apartment buildings built on open land or in place of old buildings. <BR> <I>Ex. Many developments in New York City are replacing the slums. The development contains 135 apartments and sixty-five garages (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>the developing of a photograph. <DD><B> 6. </B>a more elaborate form. <DD><B> 7. </B>stage of advancement. <BR> <I>Ex. The tribe's development was more primitive than that of their neighbors.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>(Music.) the second movement of a sonata developing the principal and secondary subjects introduced in the exposition. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Chess.) the move of a piece or pieces to effective positions for use in a future play. </DL>
<A NAME="developmental">
<B>developmental, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with development. <BR> <I>Ex. A slow development of certain functions of the nervous system ... is called a developmental lag (Science News Letter).</I> adv. <B>developmentally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="developmentalbiology">
<B>developmental biology,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the study of the development of organisms. <BR> <I>Ex. The question developmental biology seeks to answer concerns the way in which a single fertilized cell can grow into an organized mass of millions of cells, of many different types, all functioning together as a whole (New Scientist and Science Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="developmentalpsychology">
<B>developmental psychology,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the study of changes in human behavior from infancy to old age, especially the period between birth and the early 20's. </DL>
<A NAME="developmentarea">
<B>development area,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) an area of high unemployment in which the government undertakes to stimulate new industrial development. </DL>
<A NAME="developmentengineer">
<B>development engineer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an engineer who improves products, builds and tests models of a new product, or makes products based upon the results and discoveries of research. </DL>
<A NAME="developmentsection">
<B>development section,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) the section of a movement or composition in which the unfolding of the capacities of a musical theme or themes takes place, usually the middle section of a sonata form between exposition and recapitulation. </DL>
<A NAME="developpe">
<B>developpe, </B>noun, pl. <B>-pes.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a ballet movement in which the free leg is raised and the toe extended. </DL>
<A NAME="deverbative">
<B>deverbative, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a word formed on or derived from a verb. The nouns <I>engraver</I> and <I>engraving</I> are deverbatives. <DD><I>adj. </I> derived from or formed on a verb. <BR> <I>Ex. a deverbative word, a deverbative ending.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="devest">
<B>devest, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Law.) to divest. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to undress (a person or oneself). </DL>
<A NAME="devi">
<B>Devi, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Hinduism.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a goddess of motherhood and fertility, the consort of Siva. <DD><B> 2. </B>any goddess. </DL>
<A NAME="deviable">
<B>deviable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be caused to deviate; capable of being deflected. </DL>
<A NAME="deviance">
<B>deviance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quality or state of being deviant. <DD><B> 2. </B>a deviation. </DL>
<A NAME="deviancy">
<B>deviancy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being deviant. </DL>
<A NAME="deviant">
<B>deviant, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B><B>=deviate.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>anything that deviates from the norm. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] sees no reason why chemists cannot produce deviants from other medically important alkaloids such as quinine (New Scientist).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> that deviates; deviating. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the persecution of deviant shades of opinion (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="deviate">
<B>deviate, </B>verb, <B>-ated,</B> <B>-ating,</B> noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to turn aside (from a way, course, rule, truth, standard, or the like). <BR> <I>Ex. The principal deviated from her custom and did not attend the school's annual pet show. His statements sometimes deviated slightly from the truth.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to cause to turn aside; deflect. <BR> <I>Ex. Light rays entering the earth's atmosphere from the sun or the stars are continuously deviated so as to follow a curved path (Sears and Zemansky).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an individual who shows a marked deviation from the norm. <BR> <I>Ex. He wasn't a recluse or a deviate, but for some reason there was no family, no responsibility (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Statistics.) the value of a variable measured from some standard point, usually the mean. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>characterized by a marked deviation from the standard or norm. <DD><B> 2. </B>that deviates; deviant. </DL>
<A NAME="deviation">
<B>deviation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an act or instance of turning aside from a way, course, rule, truth, standard, or the like; divergence; swerving; deflection. <BR> <I>Ex. The iron in the ship caused a deviation of the magnetic needle of the compass. (Figurative.) Running in the halls is a deviation from school rules and will not not be allowed.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Statistics.) <DD><B> a. </B>the difference between one value of a set of values and the arithmetic mean of the set. <DD><B> b. </B>the amount of this difference. <DD><B> 3. </B>the action or conduct of a deviationist or a deviate. <DD><B> 4. </B>any departure or divergence from a course of action. </DL>
<A NAME="deviationism">
<B>deviationism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a turning aside from party policies, especially from official Communist policies. </DL>
<A NAME="deviationist">
<B>deviationist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who turns aside from party policies, especially from official Communist policies. <BR> <I>Ex. In all his posts he has been the watchdog of the party line, the purger of deviationists (Economist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="deviative">
<B>deviative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of deviation; having to do with or causing deviation. </DL>
<A NAME="deviator">
<B>deviator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that deviates. </DL>
<A NAME="device">
<B>device, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>something invented, devised, or fitted for a particular use or special purpose; a mechanism or apparatus. A can opener and an electric razor are devices. <BR> <I>Ex. Our gas stove has a device for lighting it automatically. It was an improvement in the timing device, however, and not in the method of heartbeat detection (New Scientist).</I> (SYN) contrivance. <DD><B> 2. </B>a plan, scheme, or trick. <BR> <I>Ex. The thief used the device of acting as a repairman to get the boy to let him into the house.</I> (SYN) expedient, artifice, stratagem, wile, ruse. <DD><B> 3. </B>a drawing or figure used in a pattern or as an ornament. <BR> <I>Ex. A star and circle are used as a device in the border.</I> (SYN) design. <DD><B> 4. </B>a picture or design on a coat of arms, often accompanied by a motto. <DD><B> 5. </B><B>=motto.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. A banner with the strange device, Excelsior! (Longfellow).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Archaic.) the act or faculty of devising, contriving, or planning; inventiveness. <BR> <I>Ex. ... full of noble device (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Obsolete.) will; pleasure; fancy; desire. <BR><I>expr. <B>leave to one's own devices,</B> </I>to leave to do as one thinks best. <BR> <I>Ex. The teacher left us to our own devices in choosing the books for our reports.</I> </DL>
